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Warehousing
What is a warehouse?
a place to store inventory a switching facility - bridge the time gap between the production and demand
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Why Warehouses?
To achieve economies in Transportation To Meet changing Market Conditions Obtain Quantity Purchase Discounts
Benefits of Warehousing
Economic Benefits Consolidation Break Bulk Cross Dock Processing/Postpon ement Stockpiling Service Benefits Spot Stock
Narrrow product line, large number of small WH, limited time period
Assortment
Broad product line, few locations functional year round
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Warehousing Strategy
An integrated warehouse strategy focuses on two questions. The first concerns how many warehouses should be employed. The second question concerns which warehouse types should be used to meet market requirements.
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Site Selection
Location analysis techniques are available to assist in selecting a general area for warehouse location Centre of Gravity Method. Once location analysis is completed, a specific building site must be selected. The primary factors in site selection are the availability of services and cost.
Kasna Ankleshwar
Bhandup Patancheru
4 Plant Locations
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RDC Location
RDC North Ghaziabad
RDC Abad
RDC Mumbai
RDC Hyderabad
RDC Locations
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Jammu Bhatinda Jallandar Zirakpur Ludhiana Agra Jodhpur Indore Rajkot Udhaipur Surat Parwanoo Fbad
Ghaziabad Kanpur
Agartala Guwahati
Bhandup
Kolhapur
Curttack Akola Vijayawada Vizag Hubli Secunderabad Mysore Tirupati Cuddalore Salem Coimbatore Trichy
Depot Locations
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Madurai
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Warehouse Types
Warehouse alternatives include:
(1) Private warehouses, (2) Public warehouses, and (3) Contract warehouses
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Private Warehouses
A private warehouse facility is owned and managed by the same enterprise that owns the merchandise handled and stored at the facility. The major benefits of private warehousing include control, operational flexibility and other intangible benefits.
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Public Warehouses
An independent business offering a range of services -such as storage & handling on the basis of a fee Generally offer standardized services. On the basis of the range of operations performed, public warehouses are classified as (1) general merchandise, (2) refrigerated, (3) special commodity, (4) bonded, and (5) household goods and furniture.
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Contract Warehouses
Contract warehousing combines the best characteristics of both private and public operations. Specialised / Customised Service The long-term relationship and shared risk result in lower cost than typical public warehouse arrangements. Contract warehouse operations can provide benefits of expertise, flexibility, and economies of scale by sharing management, labor, equipment, and information resource.
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Presence synergy and Operating flexibility is higher in Private Warehouses. Other factors are higher in Public Warehouses.
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3PL
Transportation Handling Storage Inventory control Order processing Customer service / High Responsiveness
Heard of 4PL?
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Order Picking
On receipt of an order, the warehouse must:
Verify product is in inventory Produce pick-lists to guide order picking Think of a pick-list as a shopping list that list the SKUs to be picked, the quantity to be picked and their locations Produce any necessary shipping documentation Schedule the order picking operations
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WMS tools
Barcode scanners Mobile computers RFID
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